Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will assist in arranging an early appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if this person will be referred to a consultant under the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme. [39312/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The management of patient waiting lists is a matter for the National Hospitals Office of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the individual hospitals concerned.

However, in general, patients waiting more than three months on a surgical waiting list may qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The NTPF deals with representations from Deputies on behalf of their constituents on an on-going basis. Accordingly, the Deputy might consider contacting the Chief Executive of the Fund directly in relation to this case.

In view of the overall responsibility of the HSE, I have asked my Department to request the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.